Baby-carriage.



'PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.

G. F. THAYER. BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 1902.

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PATENTBD JAN. 6, 1903.

c. F.- THAYER. BABY CARRIAGE. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 18, 1902.

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THE NORRIS PETEfiS co, Pumoumov WASHINGTON. u (L 25 riage embodying my invention.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK F. THAYER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BABY-CARRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,945, dated January 6, 1903.

Application filed August 18, 1902. Sierial No. 120,109. (No model.)

IO appertains to make and use the'saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in i baby-carriages, and particularly to mechanism thereon for adjustingand securing the back of the carriage-body in any desired position and retaining the shade in a horizontal position with relation to the carriage-bod y and for raising and lowering the foot-rest by means of the mechanism hereinafter set forth and described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of a baby-car- Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the mechanism when the foot-rest is up. Fig. 3 is alike detail of the same with the foot-rest being released. Fig.

4 is a like detail of the same with the foot rest partially lowered. Fig. 5 is a like detail of the opposite side of the mechanism with the foot-rest down and the back of the body up. In the drawings illustrating my invention,

A B are the wheels and AB' the axles, G O. the springs, C the handles, D the carriage body, D the adjustable body -back, and d the foot-rest hinged to the front end of the carriage-body D, all of usual and ordinary construction.

To the bottom d of the body D, I secure the front end of an arc of a circle E, which extends downward and backward therefrom. This arcis provided with a slot E, which terminates at its forward and upper end in a hook-shaped aperture 6, below which there is a stud e projecting from one side of said are E. The under edge of the are E is also provided with notches e Pivoted to the footrest d there is an arm F, provided at its rear end with a downward projection F (see Fig.

5) and with a lateral stud f, which extends through the slot E in the are E, and on the outer end of the stud f there is a swinging piecej", (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4,) adapted to engage the stud c in the are E, as and for the purpose hereinafter described. From the rodd upon which the back D' of the carriage-body D is pivoted, an arm H extends downward andis provided with a shoe H, which engages with the upper edge of the are E and moves freely thereon, and extending downward therefrom at the side of the are E there is an extension h, (see Fig. 5,) adapted to engage the downward projection F on the arm F, as particularly shown in Fig. 5, and on the rear of the shoe H there is an extension It. Through a guide (1 and through the extension 71. on the shoe H a rod I extends from the top of the carriage-body back D downward and is pro vided on its lower end with a loop 1, adapted to embrace the are E and engage the notches e in the lower edge thereof, and above the extension h on the shoe H there is a spiral spring 7;, which operates on the rod I to raise it, so as to keep the loop I in engagement with the notches e in the are E. The loop I can be detached therefrom by pressing the rod I downward, so as to compress the spring 71,. which is readily accomplished by the thumb of the operator applied to the knob I on the top of the rod I. To the upper part of the back D of the carriage-body D, I hinge a horizontal arm J, having a clamp mechanism K, in which the shade-holder L is secured and by means whereof the shade-holder can be adjustedup and down, as desired, and to the lower part of the clamp K there is pivoted the upper end of a rod M, which extends down to and has its lower end pivoted to the rod (1 at the back part of the bottom of the carriagebody D, which mechanism operates when the back D of the carriage-body is raised and lowered to at all times maintain the shadeholder arm L in a normally horizontalposition, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The operation of the carriage-body-back and foot-rest adjusting mechanism is as follows, viz: Whenthe operator desires to raise the foot-rest d, the rod I is pressed downward, which moves the loop I thereon out of the notches e in the are E. The carriage-body back is then moved backward and the arm H on the shoe H, engaging the downward projection F on the rod F, moves the stud f thereon forward and upward in the slot E in the arc E until the stud f engages the hooked portion 6 of said slot, where it is held by the spring f which operation has raised the footrest 01 and secured it in an upraised position, the parts being then in the position illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The back D can then be raised into the position shown in Fig. 2 or left at any desired angle, according to the notch (2 with which the loop I is allowed to engage. Now in case the operator desires to lower the foot-rest the back I) is again swung backward until the arm it again engages the projection F. Then the back is pressed downward until the stud f is raised up sufficiently to compress the spring f until the swinging piece f engages the stud e, as illustrated in Fig. 3, which operates, as illustrated in Fig. 4, to raise the stud f out of the notch e and allows it to travel backward in the slot E. Then the back D can be raised to its normal position, so that the foot-rest dis lowered and the back D raised, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Having thus shown and described my invention, so as to enable others to make and use the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. The combination in a baby-carriage of a carriage-body, a back hinged to the rear and a foot-rest hinged to the front end of the bottom thereof, a slotted and notched arc secured to the under side of the carriage-body bottom, a shoe on said hinged carriage-body back traveling on said arc, a rod having a downward projection and a pin engaging the slot in said are and extending to and pivoted on the foot-rest, and an operating-rod on the hinged back adapted to engage and be disengagedfrom the notches in said arc, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination in a baby-carriage, of a carriage-body, a back hinged thereto, a footrest hinged to the front of the body, a slotted and notched are secured to the bottom of the body, an arm pivoted at one end to said footrest, a stud on the opposite end thereof operating in the slot in said arc, a shoe connected with the body-back operating on said are, and means for securing and releasing said shoe substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a baby-carriage body, of a back and a foot-rest hinged thereto, an are having a slot and a hooked notch therein and notches in the edge thereof secured to the under side of said body, an arm pivoted to the foot-rest and having a stud thereon operating in said slotted are, a downward projection on said arm, a shoe connected with the hinged back, a downwardly-projecting arm on said shoe adapted to engage the'downward projection on said arm, a swinging piece on the stud on the arm extending from the foot-rest to the slot in said are, a stud on said are adapted to engage said swinging piece, and a rod extending downward through guides on the hinged back and on the shoe, and engaging the notches in said arc, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARK F. THAYER.

Witnesses:

H. M. STURGEON, FLORENCE STOCKERT. 

